Hi, I’m Ezequiel Conde, known to most as Zak Conde. I‘m born in The Azores in 1972. I started fishing in 1991 on board the Cecilia. During my 16 years on various big game scenes, I’ve been fishing in Madeira, Canaries, Ascension, Ghana, Australia and Cape Verde. As a mate I have wired more than 1200 blue marlin.

My best fish are:
Blue marlin -1309lbs, caught in 1993 in the Azores.

Black marlin - 1072 lbs, from Cairns Australia.

Blue fin tuna 854 lbs in the Azores, and one we estimated over 1000 lbs, also 5 world records.

Atlantic blue marlin - 1189 lbs - caught in Azores in 1993.

Six Gild shark - 1332 lbs in Ascensions islands

3 world records of blue fish in Azores.

As a captain, I have had more than 250 blue marlin caught. That makes it almost one fish a day while a captain, which I’m very proud of.  I have lots of experience with tuna. In the Azores I wired lots of tuna and also white marlin. Don’t ask me how many whites and big eye tuna … many, many… and more than 15 tiger sharks, which include one over 1000lbs in the Cape Verde islands.

Contact: zak.conde@marlincapeverde.com

or zakconde@hotmail.com

From the Bay of Islands, Northland in New Zealand. I have been a professional mate for 11 years. I have been lucky enough, to fish in the world hotspots for marlin and other pelagic fish.

Destinations such as in the PACIFIC: New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, Panama and Costa Rica.  In the ATLANTIC: Cape Verde islands, Ascension Island, Ghana, Azores Islands, Bahamas, Hatteras Island, North Carolina and Croatia, and the Medi.

Large blue marlin

I have been lucky enough to catch 21 atlantic blues over the estimated weight of 900lbs and weighed a grander 1038. In my career, billfish numbers over 1000, combined with, blue, black, white, and striped marlin.

Contact: martin.bates@marlincapeverde.com

From Sao Vincente. Local Xi is a new mate, assisting Zak. Very competent.